Hand held Gaming

Kylere · Post by **Kylere** » April 14, 2004, 10:09 am

Okay Gameboy, Gameboy Color, Gameboy Advance, etc

What is "THE" hand held gaming system right now, and what do you expect it to be on Christmas ( Yes I have step daughters I am plainng for and I have never been a hand held gaming fan)

vn_Tanc · Post by **vn_Tanc** » April 14, 2004, 11:12 am

Gameboy Advance SP is the one at the moment.

The PSP (Playstation Portable) is the one to watch out for but it doesn't look like it'll be out for xmas outside Japan.

Ashur · Post by **Ashur** » April 14, 2004, 11:19 am

Last I looked at these things they still look pretty weak in general. A little better than the hand held footbal games we had when I was a kid though, remember the little blinking red light that represented where the ball was?

masteen · Post by **masteen** » April 14, 2004, 11:28 am

They're all tiny little systems made for tiny little hands. My Atari Lynx was the shiznat back in high school, tho.

DilDo · Post by **DilDo** » April 29, 2004, 7:03 pm

The Advance is ok. The only problem is that it is marketed for kids and it loses credibility with serious gamers. OMGIAMRETARDEDCAUSEALOTISTWOWORDS of the games are made with cash in mind and no real thought, though there are a few....
The PSP will do well if they decide to really get into universal media applications with it. I'd rather have an N'gage minus the cell phone capabilities....

Post by **Xouqoa** » April 29, 2004, 10:46 pm

GBA is great, imo. Tons of games, but just remember they are basically SNES games in terms of depth and graphics.

PSP should be neat, and Nintendo has a Dual Screen (Gameboy DS) coming out soon but not too many details are out about that just yet.

Winnow · Post by **Winnow** » April 29, 2004, 11:13 pm

Ashur wrote:Last I looked at these things they still look pretty weak in general. A little better than the hand held footbal games we had when I was a kid though, remember the little blinking red light that represented where the ball was?

The forever king of handheld gaming!

Trias · Post by **Trias** » April 30, 2004, 12:55 am

i'd wait on buying ANY handheld system right now

comming this fall are TWO new handhelds comming out...one being put out by sony dubbed the PSP currently...and the other "secret" project being worked on by nintendo...a new gameboy of sorts that utilizes not one but TWO separate screens that do god knows what!

psp will be using a proprietary mini disc media for both games and movies...the system is rumored to sport similar power of the ps2

definately wait till after mid may to put any money on anything...after E3 everyone will know what is comming out in all areas for the 3rd and 4th quarters and into next year on the gaming scene

Trias · Post by **Trias** » April 30, 2004, 12:56 am

oh yah, PSP will probably be around 200 bucks i've heard